Congress refused to seat delegates from southern states in 1865 because
a. the states had not ratified the Thirteenth Amendment.
b. all were former Confederate officials.
c. northerners refused to allow representation to the South until Union troops were no longer needed in the region.
d. Republicans did not believe the new southern state governments were committed to protecting the freed people.
ANSWER: d
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
a) had never met before serving together on the expedition. b) had met while serving on Jefferson's staff. c) had met during the Indian wars of the 1790s. d) had served on two previous expeditions together, one to Florida and one to Minnesota. e) were boyhood friends who had known each other virtually all their lives.
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